Another very nice shot. Last Wednesday, more than 5 tons of cocaine were discovered by the French Navy in the Gulf of Guinea, off the coast of Africa, the Atlantic maritime prefecture announced on Tuesday.
The operation, carried out under the direction of the Brest public prosecutor, was carried out with a high seas patrol boat, with the help of an onboard drone. In the viewfinder, “a semi-rigid of around fifteen meters of Go Fast type”, report the authorities.
More than 5,000 kg
“In total, 5,132 kg of cocaine, with a market value in France estimated at more than 330 million euros, were seized on board the boat, then transhipped onto the patrol boat to be destroyed,” continues the maritime prefecture of Atlantic. Four suspected drug traffickers were subsequently arrested by the Cape Verde authorities.
Operation Corymbe, in which this action is part, is not its first seizure. Last April, for example, more than 4.7 tonnes of cocaine were discovered on board a cargo ship, off the African coast, north of the equator. In September, a fishing boat carrying 2,435 kg of the same drug was arrested.